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eieeseay. Mar. 30, 1960
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. By BOB WALTERS -
Wcfvers ttncf Honkers
The new
svept us into
o
sports car has
a whole new
world of motoring. Driving
used to be simply a means of
getting from place to place
but now, each time we get
on a highway, we're a mem
ber of a big, friendly, waving,
honking fraternity. " .:'
Then again, it's not exact
ly a fraternity, since girl
sports car drivers honk and
wave too. Which is okay. In
fact it's just dandy.
Stoppping at a service sta
tion isn't the same anymore,
either. The attendant used to
fill up the tank, take our
money and send us on our
way. o
Now he bombards us with
all sorts of technical ques
tions aooui tne carDuretors
the springs, the gearbox, the
fuel system, etc.
Since we have all the me
chanical ability of the aver
age two-year-old, this can
sometimes get a little em
barrassing.
Take the day we bought
the cat, for instance. We lift
ed tne Donnet (tnat s the
hood) so a friend could peer
knowingly in at the engine.
"How many carburetors do
you have?" Jje says.
"What's a carburetor look
like?" we reply, cheeks flush
, ing.
1 "That," he says, pointing to
' a weird silver-colored object,
; s a cSrburetor. And you
Ghave two."
: "Oh. Thanks."
Bad moments Ifke that are
I staining to payoff, though.
I Now when a service station
man fires a few questions, we
; can rattle, off the answers
' It wouid be even nicer if
i we knew what we were talk
l ing about.
e
Bu,t ba$k to this business of
waving and honking and
flashing headlights at other
sfcorts fcar bugs.
; MIt's all pretty jolly; but we
! can see where it could end
'. in chaos.. .
- Suppose our Sprite was zip
' ping along a four-lane high-
way .when an MG started to
jgiss i$. At just that moment,
headed the opposite "way, a
: Jaguar nosed around a Tri
umph. g) The M8 man waves'.
The Jaguar man blinks his
Tne triumph man honks.
So we have to wave at the
MG, blink at the Jaguar and
honj tt the TR, all within
(h . salit second, with this in
viibla result:
" . . .and so, dsr friends,
$e are gathered here today . "
'it bgut 4 o'clock yes- -terday
afternoon, the sports
editor answered his phone.
Sbmeone wanted to know
when Joe Cowley, the farm
editor, would be back.
"In about half an hour."
said the sports ed. who
thn hung up and said to
no o n e in particular:
"Funny thing, but that guy
," sounded just like Joe."
"Probably was." quipped
the managing editor. "He
just wants to know when
he's supposed to be here." ,
' Contrary to popular be
lief, managing editors do
have a sense of humor. ' .
Most of the time.
t
Until we came to southern
Oregon, we had always
thought the method of using
a pay telephone was stand
ard: drop in a dime, wait for
the dial tone, dial and talk.
Not so in Ashland, how
ever. ERwn in Bard-Town,
you dial, suffer through a
higS-fttched brrraaacckkking
noise and, finally, talk to
your party. The idea must be
to discourage long conversa
tions. After listening to that noise,
who wants to talk?
Gail to Retire as
School Board Chief
By MARY KELL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Gold Hill-C, Norman Gail
will retire as school board
chairman of District 6 at the
end of 4his term, effective
July 1, 1960. He is not seek
ing re-election to the board,
he said. He was elected as di
rector in 1955. District 6 is
composed of schools in Gold
Hill, Central Point and Sams
Valley.
Gail said he served in the
capacity of chairman of the
school board the past two
years of his five-year term
due to the resignation of Hal
Bishop, which left him as the
senior director. He explained
that usually a director serves
only one year as chairman.
William Askwith, who is
senior director at this time,
will succeed Gail as chairman.
His duties in this capacity
will commence upon the ex
piration date of 'Gail's term.
Askwith is m a n a g e r of
Cheney Stud Mills, Central
Point. . -
Gold Hill-Charles A.
Meyer, superintendent of
struction of building facili
District 6 schools, this week
referred to C. Norman Gail
as "an outstanding citizen"
who has done "a fine job"
on the school board as well
as in numerous other civic
activities.
In an interview with this
correspondent, Gail related
some of the major improve
ments to the school facilities
of District 6 during his five
year term as director. He said
both Patrick Primary school
in Gold Hill and Jewett
Primary school in Central
Point were built in 1956. Pat
rick, a four-classroom build
ing accomodates 120 pupils,
and Jewett, an eight-classroom
building, about 280 students.
Bond Issue Passed
Last February, patrons of
the district passed a bond is
sue that will provide for con
struction of buolding facili
ties which will double the
size of the Patrick school, as
well as make possible the ad
dition of a multi-purpose
room and for addition of eight
new classrooms at Jewett to
accomodate an approximate
enrollment capacity there of
500 pupils.
Extensive remodeling also
will be done this year at the
Central Point Elementary and
Junior High schools. Officials
of the district and schools
studied the need for these im
provements two years prior
to the time the bond issue
was proposed for considera
tion of school patrons.
Gail said improvements and
purchases of needed equip
ment according to each
school's specific annual re
quirements are studied on a
routine basis.
During his term, 18 rooms
have been added, including
the music room at Crater High
school. He said the school,
built in 1950 to accomodate
400 students, following con
solidation of the schools in
the areas of Gold Hill, Sams
Valley and Central Point, has
expanded the past five years
from an enrollment of 400
students to over 700 at this
time. The enrollment in 1950
was less than 350 students.
Gail was born in Trumbull
county, Ohio. When he was
two months old, his parents
moved to Dunn county, N.D.
Later the family moved to
South Dakota. His business
experience began while he
was a young boy. Prior co
his graduation from high
school at Mobridge. S.D., he
worked in his father's gro
cery store and operated his
own business, a fruit stand. :
Following his secondary grad
uation, he attended the Uni
versity of Montana at Mis
soula, where he studied for
estry, later working for the
forest service in Idaho and
the state forest service in
Oregon.
Gail came to southern Ore
gon with his family in 1929.
More knowledge of the gro
cery business was gained by
working again in his father's
grocery store, the Park gro
cery, which was located
across the street from the city
park in Medford. ,
Starting out in business
again, Gail and Charles
(Chuck) Bateman, Medford,
became partners and started
the Riverside Market in 1936
In 1937 he purchased the
Wimer market near Rogue
River, which he later sold
to his father, C. R. Gail, who
is still operating the business,
In 1940, he bought a grocery
:
C. NORMAN GAIL
Retiring from Board
store and meat market in
Gold Hill from Bateman, his
former business partner.
Naming it Gail's Gold Hill
market, he has continued in
this business since then, re
siding in the city and vicinity
of Gold Hill.
Gail said he became inter
ested in farming as well as
the grocery business about 18
years ago and purchased a
home and acreage about four
miles north of Gold Hill along
highway 99 in 1942, which he
and his wife, Ellow Mae,
named Gailand Ranch, and es
tablished as the family home.
Besides his business, farm
ing and interest in school af
fairs Gail has devoted time
to work with several organ
izations that are promoting
worthwhile activities for the
younger citizens.
4-H Activities ,
A past president of the
Jackson County 4-H Leaders
association, he is beginning
his 15th year as leader of the
Gold Hill Livestock club.
The club has about 37 mem
bers from the Pleasant Creek,
Sardine Creek, Foots Creek,
Old Stage road, Rogue River
and Gold Hill.
Gail supervises the activi
ties of the youngsters and the
annual pre-lamb fair, which
is sponsored by the club and
last year was held at Gailand
ranch.
He also is a board member
of the Gold Hill Irrigation
district.
Gail explained that al
though he was never a Boy
Scout himself, he has held a
Scouter's card since 1930 be
cause of his interest and ac
tivities in Scouting over the
past 30 years. While residing
in Medford he was a Scout
master of Boy Scout Troop 3,
and assistant Scoutmaster of
Boy Scout Troop 10. The
Gails" son Donald, a seventh
grader at Hanby Elementary
school, has been active in
Scouting since he became a
Cub Scout. He is now a Star
Scout, and a member of Boy
Scout Troop 43 in Gold Hill.
Leash Law To Be
'Strictly Enforced'
Jacksonville-Police Chief
Prank Carter this week said
he wishes to remind local
residents that Jacksonville's
new ordinance prohibiting
dogs from running at large
will ' be "strictly enforced"
beginning this Friday.
According to the ordin
ance, any dog at large with
in the city limits must be
"upon a leash and - accom
panied by some person cap
able of conlroling such
dog." .
Jacksonville "Hotel de
Culture," the Jacksonville
PTA talent show, will be held
in the Jacksonville school
gymnasium this Friday even
ing at 8 o'clock. Proceeds will
be used for the PTA's youth
program, especially summer
activities. The public is invited.
Tiller-Drew-Club 227 will
install officers at its meeting
this Friday at the J. D. Zim
merman home. Mrs. Zimmer
man and Mrs. Glann Rodgers
will be hostesses.
Gail is a charter member
of the Gold Hill Lions cllub,
a roup which also is con
cerned in various ways with
the welfare of children, espe
cially sight conservation. At
present, the local club is help
ing to promote a summer
recreation program for chil
dren of the Gold Hill area.
Another opportunity to
work with young people
came in association with the
Odd Fellows when he was
appointed to serve during
1945-46 on the state board of
control for Junior Odd Fel
low lodges. He is a past noble
grand of IOOF lodge 129, of
which he has been an active
member the past 19 years.
Other state offices held in
clude a two year appointment
by Grand Master Ralph Rus
sell to serve as special deputy
district grand master for dis
trict 10 during 1944-45. He
was appointed- to serve as
grand herald for the state
grand lodge in 1947 by Grand
Master Graham Young.
A charter member of the
Oregon Milking Shorthorn
Breeders' association, he serv
ed as secretary for this group
in 1946 and was a delegate
to the national convention
held in Chicago in 1947.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Gail are
active in the Gold Hill Com
munity Methodist church, of
which they are members. Mrs.
Gail instituted the original
church choir, which she di
rects, 11 years ago. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Wilson, Medford.
The retiring school board
chairman, with all his activi
ties, occasionally finds time
for fishing, and is a sports
fan when it comes to football,
basketball, and baseball.
The couple's daughter, Mil
dred, was a member of the
first freshman class at Crater
High school in 1950, after
consolidation. A graduate of
Crater High school and the
University of Washington in
the Far East department, she
is now studying abroad as a
Rotary fellow from Oregon
at the National School of Liv
ing Oriental Language in
Paris.
Their daughter Grace, a
graduate of Crater High
school, is a junior at the Uni
versity of Oregon. She plans
to be an elementary school
teacher.
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ffiOTggiioiial
IBIS Mercs'.
IV PTA Elects Officers
Illinois Valley-Walter Free
man was elected president of
the Illinois Valley High
school PTA at the . group's
meeting last Thursday nigh.t
Other officers named were
Beryl Hines, vice president;
Marilyn Baumgardener, secre
tary and Fran Wilhem, treas
urer. Following the separate busi
ness meetings of the IV PTA
and the Kerby and Evergreen
Elementary school PTAs, the
three groups held a combined
social meeting, a regular
monthly event.
Feature of the social meet
ing was a skit written . and
produced by students study
ing Russian at Illinois Valley
High school. The Russian
course, taught by Leslie Ad
kins, is being offered this year
for the first time at the high
school.
Sams Valley -Sams Valley
PTA will meet at 8 p.m. to
morrow at the Sams Valley
Elementary school. Third and
fourth grade pupils will pre
sent the program.
District 6 Issues
Voting Reminder
Gold Hill Patrons of
District 6 schools were re
minded yesterday by Gil
' bert A. Mack, principal of
Patrick and Hanby Elemen
tary schools, that this Fri
day is the last day they may
reigster to vote in the an
nual school elections set for
May 2.
Residents of this area, he
said, may register with
Ferd Jones, Gold Hill city
recorder; Mrs. Mabel Eaton,
Route 1, Box 298, Foots
Creek; Mrs. Donna Straus,
160 Attend Pops Concert
Illinois Valley -More than
160 persons attended Illinois
Valley High school's annual
pops concert at the school au
ditorium Saturday night.
Gold Hill -A smorgasbord
will be served by the Wom
an's Society of the Gold Hill
Community Methodist church
at the Gold Hill Grange hall
dining room from 4:30 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. this Friday;
Route 2, Box 500, Gold Hill,
or at the Jackson county
clerk's office in Medford.
Theme was 'Around the
World in Melody."
The hall was ecoraled in
a . French cabaret motif. Fea
tured musical numbers were
by- the band choir and the
"Hungry Five" German band.
; Following the program, the
high school band furnished
music for a dance. There was
no admission charge but dona
tions were accepted for a lo
cal family whose home recent
ly was destroyed by fire.
Van Johnson, band director
at the high school and Kerby
Elementary school, was in
charge of the program.
. The High Country
Aberdeen Angus Show and Sale
45 Reg. Bulls, Ind. & Pens
35 Reg. Females, Inc. Few
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Some Commercials
Grading by Comm of 3
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Inside New Heated Arena
For Catalog, Write Scan Warren,
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Gradinr In A.M., Sal P.M.
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BOB WALTERS. Regional Editor
CORRESPONDENTS:
Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333
Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 5-2126
Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1106
Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274
Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1126
Grand view-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9676
Happy Camp Happy Camp H.S. Journalism
Class; Deanna Dunn
Hornbrook Katherine Chapman, GR 5-3586
Illinois Valley Katherine Scott, 5203
Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW 9-1209
McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260
Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267
Montague Carol Peterson
Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley, KE 5-2918
Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211
Rogue River Cecile Camden, UL 5-1569
Shady Cove Evalyn Watson. TR 8-2351
Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 6-2097
Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers
Yreka Ruth Middleton, VI 2-2807
1 Regional Calendar
Gold Bill - Volunteer Fire
Department Chief Clyde Kell
reminds local residents that
Oburning permits will be re-.
quired feginning this Friday. 1
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Lone Pine Parents are re
molded that voting on the
bond issue will be conducted
tomorrow from 2 p.m. to 8
pjn.cat Lone Pine school.
Lake Creek-A film entitled
"Five Minutes to Live" will
be shown at the Lake Creek
r-.celing hall at 7:30 p.m. this
I'riday. In the film, four ;
p. omincnt Christian leaders ;
tell what they feel they would
v ant to say if they had but .
fjve minutes to live. Dr. Bob j
."'cs-Jr. will introduce the i
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